Nirmala SitaramanPolitician

Nirmala Sitaraman (Tamil: நிர்மலா சீதாராமன் , Hindi: निर्मला सीतारामन) is an Indian Politician presently serving as a National Spokesperson for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Nirmala Sitaraman graduated from Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirapalli, TamilNadu in 1980. Nirmala Sitaraman's M. Phil was in International Studies from JNU.
Nirmala Sitaraman worked with Pricewaterhouse Coopers as a Senior Manager (research and analysis). She worked for the BBC World Service for some time.
Nirmala Sitaraman is one of the Founder Director of prestigious Pranava-The school in Hyderabad.
Nirmala Sitaraman was a member of the National Commission for Women from 2003-2005 .
She works in a team of six spokespersons headed by Indian Supreme Court Lawyer Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, the chief spokesperson of BJP.
Nirmala Sitaraman is married to Dr.Parakala Prabhakar, a JNU and LSE alumni. He is a Politician, Political Commentator,popular television anchor and an intellectual. Presently Dr.Parakala Prabhakar is MD of RightFOLIO.

Personal details

Family

Education

1. Jawaharlal Nehru University Colleges/University

- Master of Philosophy / International Studies

Jawaharlal Nehru University, also known as JNU, is located in New Delhi, the capital of India. It is mainly a research oriented postgraduate university with approximately 8,000 students and a faculty strength of around 550.

Political engagements

Bharatiya Janata Party

Geographic scope

Ideology

Founders

Official web page

Wikipedia article

The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major parties in the Indian political system, along with the Indian National Congress. As of 2014, it is India's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and the second largest in the various state assemblies. It has close ideological and organisational links to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The roots of the BJP lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, formed in 1951 by Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Following the end of the state of emergency in 1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party, which defeated the incumbent Congress party in the 1977 general election. After three years in power, the Janata party dissolved in 1980, and the rank and file of the erstwhile Jana Sangh reconvened to form the Bharatiya Janata Party. Although initially unsuccessful, winning only two seats in the 1984 general election, the BJP soon grew in strength on the back of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. Following victory in several state elections and increasingly better performances in national elections, the BJP became the largest party in the national parliament in 1996.

Other members

Goverment positions 1

Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry

2014-

Appointed_by

President of India

Presidential office

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry administers two departments, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion. The head of the Ministry is a Minister of Cabinet rank. The incumbent Minister of Commerce and Industry is Nirmala Sitharaman, who has held the post since 27 May 2014. Nirmala Sitharaman is also Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Ministry of Finance headed by Arun Jaitley.